The dichotomy between personal liberties and property rights is a false one. Property does not have rights. People have rights.

Quote by Potter Stewart

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A person's mere propinquity to others independently suspected of criminal activity does not give rise...

A person's mere propinquity to others independently suspected of criminal activity does not give rise...

Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an...

Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an...

There is a higher law than the law of government. That's the law of conscience.

There is a higher law than the law of government. That's the law of conscience.

The 4th Amendment and the personal rights it secures have a long history. At the...

The 4th Amendment and the personal rights it secures have a long history. At the...

The 4th Amendment and the personal rights it secures have a long history. At the...

The 4th Amendment and the personal rights it secures have a long history. At the...

Newspapers, television networks, and magazines have sometimes been outrageously abusive, untruthful, arrogant, and hypocritical. But...

Newspapers, television networks, and magazines have sometimes been outrageously abusive, untruthful, arrogant, and hypocritical. But...

Abortion is inherently different from other medical procedures because no other procedure involves the purposeful...

Abortion is inherently different from other medical procedures because no other procedure involves the purposeful...

Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what...

Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what...

Abortion is inherently different from other medical procedures because no other procedure involves the purposeful...

Abortion is inherently different from other medical procedures because no other procedure involves the purposeful...

It must always be remembered that what the Constitution forbids is not all searches and...

It must always be remembered that what the Constitution forbids is not all searches and...

Fairness is what justice really is.

Fairness is what justice really is.

Newspapers, television networks, and magazines have sometimes been outrageously abusive, untruthful, arrogant, and hypocritical. But...

Newspapers, television networks, and magazines have sometimes been outrageously abusive, untruthful, arrogant, and hypocritical. But...

In fact, a fundamental interdependence exists between the personal right to liberty and the personal...

In fact, a fundamental interdependence exists between the personal right to liberty and the personal...

Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an...

Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an...

I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material but I know...

I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material but I know...

Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself.

Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself.

Newspapers, television networks, and magazines have sometimes been outrageously abusive, untruthful, arrogant, and hypocritical. But...

Newspapers, television networks, and magazines have sometimes been outrageously abusive, untruthful, arrogant, and hypocritical. But...

Swift justice demands more than just swiftness.

Swift justice demands more than just swiftness.

Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what...

Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what...